Bedstead-fastening.



No. 674,630. Patented May 2|, l90l.

G. C. LUTHER.

BEDSTEAD FASTENING.

(Application filed Sept. 19, 1900.)

(No Model.)

b Z /JEEEEE,

gang 115 (2 rather.

TN! umms vmp 10.. Hmo uma. mummou. n. c.

errors GARDNER C. LUTHER, OF SWANSEA, MASSACHUSETTS.

BEDSTEAD-FASTENING.

o'PEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 674,630, dated May 21. 1901.

application filed September 19, 1900. Serial No. 30,452. (No model.)

To rtZl whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GARDNER O. LUTHER, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Swansea, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusettsfhave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bedstead-Fastenings, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to bedstead-fastenings, and more especially to fastenings for metal bedsteads.

In bedsteads of the class referred to the fastening devices heretofore usually employed have been such that the principal members of the bedstead were insecurely held together and lacking in rigidity.

The object I have in view is to provide iro or brass bedsteads with an improved fastening that is at once both strong and simple in construction, the same capable of being easily and quickly manipulated, yet possessing a much greater degree of rigidity, while the cost of the device is relatively small.

In carrying out my invention I provide the head and foot members of the bedstead at a point adjacent to the side rails with inwardlyextending ledges or brackets, each post thereof having a socket or step. The side-rail members are provided at each end with slightly-beveled or Wedge-shaped lateral extensions. These are arranged above and below the edges of the said rails and integral therewith, thus forming comparatively long surfaces adapted to bear snugly against the vertical sides of the posts, sliding rings encircling the posts being employed to clamp or lock the parts together. The said side mem bers are further provided with inwardly-facing end wings or extensions arranged to rest upon the said brackets of the'other two members forming the frame of the bedstead.

The manner of assembling the parts of a bedstead embodying my improvement may be described as follows: The bottom ends of the lower extensions of the side rails are first inserted or stepped into the respective sockets of the posts of the two head and foot board members, (said members being inclined or tipped rearwardly or outwardly at an angle to facilitate the introduction of the extensions into the sockets,) the said end wings at the same time being supported by the posts brackets. Now upon swinging the head and foot boards upwardly from said inclined position to a practically vertical one the posts will thereby be brought into snug engagement with the face of the several extensions or elongated portions of the side rails. This is followed by forcing the said locking-rings (normally loose upon the posts) downwardly over the corresponding beveled end extensions of the side rails, thereby rigidly secnring the several parts together.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of one of the end members of a bedstead embodying my improvement, the view being taken cross-sectionally of the side rails. Fig. 2 is a side view, in enlarged scale, of the side rail, showing the manner of securing the latter to the bedposts. Fig. 3 is a partial horizontal sectional view taken on line at a; of Fig. l, and Fig. 4c is a similar sectional view showing a modification of the post member.

I would state-that the shape, size, and general appearance of the head, foot, and two side rail members of a bedstead as usually made do not, or at least need not, differ materially from a bedstead embodying my improvement except in so far as it relates to' the fastening device itself.

In the drawings, A designates my improved bedstead-fastening complete. The head and foot members of the bedstead are each provided with the two corner-posts a, united by the main tie a substantially as usual. The inner side of the tie, contiguous to each post, is provided with a fixed bracket 0?, forming a horizontal shelf. adapted to support the side rails and also the bed-spring or the frame carrying the spring when one is used.

The side rails 17 are provided at each end with the upper and lower extensions b and 5 respectively. These are arranged in the same lateral plane as the body part of the rail, the width of the latter at the extreme ends greatly exceeding that of the intermediate or tie portion, as shown in Fig. 2. The lower extension b of the rail is adapted to step into a recess or socket c, secured to or integral with the post a. The rear or back face of the upper extension b is tapered or beveled, while the outer face forms a continuation of that of the lower extension, said face being vertical and adapted to bearsn ugly against the posts a. The means employed for insuring such snug contact of the side rail with the post consists of a movable ring d, fitted to slide on the post. The ring is provided with a longitudinal groove d therethrough, arranged to receive the said extension 1). Now upon forcing the ring downwardly onto the beveledpart of the extension the resulting wedge action operates not only to rigidly lock the side rails to the head and foot members, but it further serves, in connection with the wings e, projecting at right angles from the railand resting upon the shelves or brackets a to prevent the rails from moving sidewise, thus imparting to the bedstead a much greater degree of stability and rigid ity. I would add that as drawn the said wings e extend from the end of the rail 1) rear wardly in a bent form partly around the post a and terminate in the rectangular part resting upon the bracket or shelf a as before stated.

In Fig. 4 I have represented a modification of the fastening device wherein the post a is provided with a vertical groove adapted to receive therein the laterally-elongated end portion of the rail. The locking-ring cl in such case would be practically plain, as indicated.

The construction of the several parts composing my improved bedstead fastening device may, if desired, be cast or formed so as to be bolted or otherwise firmly secured to the corresponding rail and post members without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Itisobvious that in order to knock down a bedstead provided with my improved fastening device the same may be quickly and easily effected by simply driving or forcing the several locking members (i upwardly until they are freed from the extensions 6 of the rails b, followed by lifting the latter from the posts steps 0.

I claim as my invention 1. A bedstead fastening device consisting of the side rails I) having upper and lower extensions h 5 and rearwardly-projecting wings 6 formed at each end of the rails, said wings being arranged in a plane at right angles to said extensions; the head and foot or post members having extensions or brackets 0. on which said Wings e are supported, and clamping or locking means at adapted to rigidly secure the side rails to the posts, substantially as described.

2. In a bedstead-fastening, the combination with the head and foot members or corner-posts of the bedstead provided with lower steps 0, supporting-brackets 0, and the slidable locking rings or clamps d, of the side rails 19 provided at each end with upper and lower extensions b 5 whereby the rails are adapted to be rigidly secured to said parts by means of said rings and steps, and rearwardly-projecting end wings 6, formed at subsiantially right angles to and integral with the rails, adapted to rest upon and be supported by the said brackets 01, substantially as described.

Signed by me at Providence, Rhode Island, this 17th day of September, A. D. 1900.

GARDNER C. LUTHER.

Witnesses:

Gno. H. REMINGTON, CHAS. O. REMINGTON. 

